Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- An arts platform, Punocracy, has held its maiden prize-giving ceremony for satire writing and also announced November 9 as the 'World Day of Satire'.

Punocracy is Nigeria's first strictly satirical platform, launched in March 2018, which was first run as a regular satirical column in the University of Ibadan by a student of the university, under the pseudonym, Tubosun Ajanaku.

The event was held on Saturday at the University of Ibadan.

The group had earlier announced the winners of the prize which was judged by James Yeku, an assistant professor at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA; and Oladeinde Olawoyin, an award-winning investigative journalist at Premium Times and author of the weekly column, Saturday Sati...